A Kitchen Aid Mixer or $200 Visa Giftcard Giveaway and how it all began…

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 by Christy {The Girl Who Ate Everything}

This giveaway is now closed.

The winner is #389: Rockin Robin – “Omg! Your blog describes me to a t! I also am a girl, 47yrs young, that loves food and the comfort it brings. My motto, I’ll try it at least once. Love your blog! Thanks for everything! Happy V day and have a Blessed day!”

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The beginning. People often ask why I started this blog. I’ve always kind of hem and hawed around the subject because the real reason wasn’t probably what they were expecting to hear. I know food blogs aren’t the place to talk about serious and sad things like death…but the truth is what it is.

My sister had just died and I was in Florida thousands of miles away from all my family. While my family had each other to cope, I found myself all alone grasping to find my own source of comfort. I was in the kitchen one day making this cherry cheese pie, (which my sisters and I usually gathered in the kitchen to eat with just forks; giggling, and convincing ourselves that the men didn’t appreciate it like we did so we didn’t have to share) when I realized something. Being in the kitchen making family recipes made me feel like my family was in my kitchen with me.

I had found my comfort.

That’s how it started.

The name. I brainstormed several names for this blog but nothing stuck out in my mind. Then I was browsing books on Amazon and I ran across a book called The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten. I stopped in my tracks and said, “Oh my gosh, that’s me!”

Well, except for the whole man part of course.

It got me thinking. Maybe I could be The Woman Who Ate Everything or The Lady Who Ate Everything.

Scratch that. I couldn’t be the “Woman” or the “Lady”. Sounds like I’m 80 years old.

Hmm. The Girl Who Ate Everything. I liked it. Summed it all up in five words.

Thank you. Thank you for reading and leaving me nice comments. Although I may cook more than the average person, I’m just a cook like you guys. And I really, really, love food just like you. Or you wouldn’t be reading this.

But I’m definitely anything but gourmet. Those who have been over for dinner know that. And my poor friends are usually on the receiving end of my food experiments which are often not that great.

Thanks for stopping by, for giving me your best recipes, and for making me smile.

So on this day of love, I want to show my love for you. I’m giving away a Kitchen Aid Mixer OR if you happen to already have one, a $200 Visa Gift Card.

OR

To Enter: Just leave a comment on this post and your email address so I can contact you. The giveaway ends Friday, February 17th, 8PM EST. One entry per person. The winner will be chosen by random.org.

Thanks for everything!

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I just recently found your blog and put it on “Reader” so I don’t miss a thing. I like that you present recipes that I actually make. My sister may be a “foodie” but I refer to myself as a “fooder”. Yum! Thanks for this opportunity. Toni [email protected]

Being a newlywed I didnt know a THING about cooking. Wheb I left the house I couldnt even make mac n cheese. I did a google search for good recipes and found you. I can say I have pretty.much tried everything on here. When people ask me where I come up with great recipes and tips I always say thegirlwhoateeverything!thank you I now enjoy cooking because of you:) Ruby Ray [email protected]

Great giveaway! I discovered you through Pinterest — I found myself visiting your blog a couple times a week to check out recipes I saw pinned, so finally I just said, “Forget it — I’m subscribing already!” I’m glad I did!

Wow, what an amazing giveaway! I already have made some great dishes from your blog. I have a KitchenAid Mixer that I use all the time so I would love to win the $200 Visa Card to get some ingredients to make with it. Thanks again for the giveaway!Jen Fitzgibbonsjenfitzgibbons(at)yahoo(dot)com

Your site is completely addicting! It takes a lot for me to not pin all your recipes on Pintrist to share with others. Instead, I just pick my most favorites. Thanks for all the inspiration to try new and fun things with food!

Your blog is turning me into the wife that I’ve always wanted to be! Thanks for giving me the courage to get back in the kitchen. My mom passed away when I was 19 & since then I gave up on all things kitchen because it was something I did with her. Thanks for everything!

I’m a mom to four beautiful babies, well some of them aren’t; and living in another country while my husband proudly serves his country. Your blog is an inspiration! I love reading your posts!!!!!! I love your ideas and have used many! Thank you!

I enjoy your blog, and all the delicious recipes you share with us! I’m sure my husband thanks you as well, especially since he’s been the one to reap the rewards of all the goodies. I always look forward to the new recipes. A big Texas sized Thank you! Christy at [email protected]

Love all your recipes and it’s so great that you share with the world. I’m so grateful to have a source for tried and true dishes to make! I also started blogging after my father passed away during Christmas time. It has definitely been a great source of healing for me. Thanks for the chance to win!

your food and pics are amazing!! so sorry for the loss of your sister, but i know YOU KNOW you will see her again! we are just here a short time and thank God we have your recipes to look forward to while we are here!! …thanks for the giveaway![email protected]

I think I found your blog through a friend in one of my old wards but funny thing, when I saw your picture I realized we might have been in the same ward back in college. King Henry ring any bells? I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading your posts and finding great recipes on your blog! Thanks for the giveaway!

As a fellow foodie and blogger, I can relate to the comfort of the kitchen. What I like most about your postings is how genuine and down to earth they are. Keep providing the fun articles and I’ll keep coming back. – Jason, [email protected]

Love your blog so much! Thank you for sharing all of your wonderful recipes and for letting us into your life,that was a very touching post. your site is such an inspiration! Keep on baking. [email protected]

Thank you for sharing your passion. I enjoy visiting your blog weekly and finding inspiration and connecting with you. Our experiences make us who we are today and feel blessed to have your blog as a resource. Thanks again. God bless. [email protected]

Love your blog, but contests make me a sad panda because I never win anything. Sooooooo although I’d love to win the mixer, I’ve come to terms with the fact that I probably won’t. Maybe it’s because my comments aren’t clever enough, who knows….I just wanted to say thanks for sharing. I have a blog of my own and I find myself always wondering about the people behind my favorite reads. Thanks for sharing and for being so down to earth!!

Thanks for sharing. You may not feel like it’s the place to share sad stories, but I actually enjoy reading real things like this. It makes the people whose blogs we follow seem more real. Also, I have many fond memories with the girls in my family around a cherry cheese pie. Keeping doing what you do! We love it!

I know I’m echoing so many other posts, but it’s still true–I love your blog! I’m not a frequent commenter, but I’ve bookmarked and used quite a few of your recipes, to my family’s delight I haven’t been blogging as long as you, but with some consistency, I hope to be able to reach out to as many people as you! [email protected] ~Ashley

I was so interested to read how and why you started your blog. I, too, began cooking more and spending more time in the kitchen (to find comfort) when my own sister died. I love your blog and your recipes.

So glad that I found your blog! I don’t think that “food” blogs need to be happy, or sad or funny or anything in between. I read your blog because you are SINCERE, and I love that!! Thanks for the amazing recipes, I look forward to seeing what else you come up with

I am glad you shared your story of how you found your way to blogging about food… I think in our everyday lives we all too often think people don’t want the messy details, so we don’t share them. We should encourage the sharing because it leads to so much more discovery. Keep up the great work and know you are loved. jamiemikal13@gmail.com

Not exaggerating, when I say I have LOVED everything I have made from your blog. My family is still talking about your cake batter truffles..made last June! Thanks for all your time and energy.-Rebeccapack.rebecca@gmail.com

My brother’s girlfriend introduced me to your blog and I have shared it with everyone I know. My husband teases me because the first time I made you Baked Chicken Taquitos I miss read you recipe. I accidently used 1/4 cup of Habanero Hot Sauce! Needless to say it was too spicy to eat. Kaseyj@charter.net

Love your blog!! It really is my go to site when looking for something fun – I can’t help myself with the pumpkin cream cheese muffins – no joke – have made them so many times, I can’t even count!!Thanks for making me laugh, cry and try new things – the kitchen is always the comfort place for me too!

I apologize if I post twice. I posted once and it’s not showing up. Of course I forgot exactly what I said, too. So I’m going to try to get as close as I did. Please feel free to delete this in the event the other one is just hanging in a queue and shows up.

I am very sorry about the loss of your sister. That must have been very hard to cope with (physically) alone. I didn’t have any particular set idea in my mind as to why you started this blog, though. I personally do things such as cooking and crafts not only because I enjoy them, but because they’re therapeutic for me. My emotional crutches, if you will. Whenever I’d get stressed out before, or sad, I’d just shut down and do nothing. Now I not only have a way to work through it, but it’s even productive.

Thank you for sharing your story and also for sharing your wonderful recipes!!

Reading that made me realize how much of a lot of my favorite memories are made up of what food was there (even when it was bad food ugh like the hospital food after my kids were born, it was horrible but i remember every little thing) and we live in such a fast paced culture of drive throughs and pre packaged ready to go thanksgiving meals and kids are growing up beliving cinnamin rolls only come out of cans…i just want to tell you that im so glad that youve shared this heartfelt blog with us, even if im just making the baby food or making something little for my daughter in the morning as a suprize theres such a comfort in giving them good things and i know you have shared these recipes w the same compassion thanks again youre blog has saved me some of the nights when im a complete zombie and need a new recipe to feed my little army-melissa msz1p9@hotmail.com

I was 18 years old when my father past away. We cooked in the kitchen all the time and he is the one who inspires my cooking. I’m so thrilled and honored you shared your story! Brought tears to my eyes! You are brillant, strong and I am sure your sister would be extremely proud of the girl who ate everything.iverson.mandy@gmail.com

Another one of your blog-luvers here.Yours is in “my favorites” I check every day. And as a European, I absolutely love all the American recipes. Very inspiring, surprizing and fun to try out. Keep up the good work! I hope us Europeans can also enter the give away; brenda.bongaerts@gmail.com

I have loved seeing the goodies you share with your readers. I have made quite a list of things I want to try and am slowly making my way through it. I look forward to seeing all the good stuff you will share in the future. Have a wonderful day!vndnkkr7(at)gmail(dot)com

You have a great way of being so relatable. I am also away from home, (NJ) and my WHOLE family is still together except my little family: myself, my husband and our new little boy, Weston. As long as you are sharing your home away from home recipes, I’ll be reading and eating right along with you, calorie for calorie! Ha! ( well that depends, I ALWAYS lick the bowl ) camijoysmith@yahoo.com.

I love your recipes but I think the firemen at my husband’s station love them more. Every recipe I try, I make sure to do it the night before my husband goes on duty so he can take it to the fire station with him. If I kept all the goodness just for us, we’d both weigh 500 lbs! And if I don’t send something, I usually get a phone call telling me that the guys are all whining that there’s nothing to eat! Ha!

A newer follower here, I’ve only been following for a couple of weeks. I can’t wait to have some free time to go back and work my way through your old posts, saving things as I go…and then to find some time to try then! Great work xx

A newer follower here, I’ve only been following for a couple of weeks. I can’t wait to have some free time to go back and work my way through your old posts, saving things as I go…and then to find some time to try then! Great work xx

It’s funny the parallels we have. I, too, live in Florida and lost a sister and my family is far away in Chicago. I think of my sister often and miss her dearly. But like the Phoenix, you really rose from the ashes. Love your blog. You inspire me!

With sadness came great goodness. The goodness of you starting up a blog and sharing your delicous recipes with all of us. Love you blog site as well as your down-home cooking recipes.Love Kitchen Aide products and this mixer looks awesome. Thank U 4 this giveaway opportunity.Wishing you and everyone a very happy Valentines Day.ColleenB.ckb_49@yahoo.com

Your blog inspired me to start cooking… that’s it.. to START COOKING… My granddaughter moved in with me a couple of months ago after her mother and father seperated… and while skipping meals and fast food had become a way of life for me due to being alone for so long.. I took a long hard look at what I was doing to my granddaughter by teaching her my terrible eating habits.. your blog has reminded me how important it is to set an example so she’ll not rely on ‘pink stuff’ in her meat and will also teach her to be self sufficient by helping ‘Pammaw’ cook! THANKS !!nursepam38@yahoo.com

Love your blog and your recipes. I made the chocolate cake one and it was delicious. Living in Germany, it’s fun for me to see your recipes and try them out, reminds me of home. -Lexiealexiaandrews@yahoo.com

I found you on Pinterest recently and have been a follower ever since. I love that you are simple everyday type food – that is exactly what I’m always looking for so your blog is a daily visit! Thanks for what you do!

I love your recipes. The broc cheese soup and the peanut butter “cheese ball” are my family favorites. I would love to start a blog but have no idea how to even get started! Thanks for the give-a-way!!

Thanks for sharing your story, even if it is serious. I know exactly how you feel/felt about feeling close to your family when cooking family recipes. All of my family is now at least 4 hours away (some so much farther) and around the holidays that used to be so special to all of us as a family, I make things my mom always made just to feel closer to them.

I found your blog when I started using Pinterest and I instantly became hooked! Love the name, concept and I also love to do ‘experiments’ in the kitchen. Looking forward to all your new posts!jessgaukel@hotmail.com

Love your blog. I too am away from my family in Florida and while I cooked it is being away and having extra time that I have started expermenting with different often uncommon recepies for me. Thanks michileh50@gmail.com

I’m sorry to hear about your sister. I didn’t know that about you even though I have been following your amazing blog for some time now. Thank you for all of your amazing recipes and most of all, your energy!

I just recently came across your blog and immediatley bookmarked it and liked it on facebook so that I can visit it often and keep up with you. I understand the comfort food brings and the joy it brings people who reap the “benefits” of my cooking. I also lost a sister like you. Keep up the great work in keeping us fed!!Michelemartin81523@yahoo.com

Your blog was the first food blog I found and fell in love with on the internet. Now I am a food blog junkie! I have an awful (or wonderful) sweet tooth, and an affinity for peanut butter, so I love all of your baked good recipes. Your Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll recipe is now a staple breakfast food for holidays and special occasions at my house! Thank you!

You’re right. I would not expect someone to start a food blog over loss. It’s so wonderful that something like a food blog could help you cope in that time (and I’m sure now). Your blog constantly brings my day happiness! Happy Valentine’s Day! I don’t have a stand mixer, so I sure hope I win!! xx

#1-Thank you for sharing your story. It was so sweet and I can completely relate–I reacted the same way when my aunt died and I was all alone in NY. #2-You have the best blog name around…because I can also relate to eating everythiiing #3-I love you and your blog and keep doing this crazy thing!

What a fabulous giveaway! I would love the mixer! I adored mine and used it to bake all the time, but had to give it up when I followed my love and moved abroad. Would love to be able to use it to whip up some of my favorites that remind me of home. Thanks for the offer, and thanks for all the wonderful recipes you share!

Hi Christy! It’s your Uncle Scott, here. I am new to your blog, but have noticed some of our family recipes! As I posted on my FB page over the weekend, the Cherry Cheese Pie was made every Valentine’s Day by Grandma Peterson for your Grandfather in a heart shaped pan (!). I believe your mother got the recipe from her, and has been made since I was a child. But, do you know where the recipe originally came from? *trivia question of the day*. It came from Helen Lewis. If you don’t recall who that is, your Mom will. And, cinnamon and sugar were originally added to the cherry pie filling . Occasionally, Blueberry pie filling was used instead.

I wish you continued success with your blog! (don’t enter me in the give away).

I love to read your blog and had to add my post today of all days. I am driving about 3 hours today to surprise my grandkids after school. They are 7 and 9 and have no idea I am coming to pick them up for a couple of hours. Thankfully the snow has stopped and the freezing rain won’t start till late tonight after I get back home. I am taking them treats that my mom made me and I made for their mom. Growing up, and most of my married life, we had very little money. Store bought cookies were rare. Mom made graham crackers filled with buttercream and we LOVED them. So in honor of my wonderful mom, I am making them filled with Grandma Marge’s frosting and lots of love! The big mixer would sure come in handy, but today it is me and my little hand mixer. Loved reading all the posts!!

In my family we love spending time in the kitchen to eat food, talk, and play games. I can relate to your style of cooking. I don’t make anything too fancy and I like to try new things. Then there is the chocolate….oh the chocolate. spiker_56@hotmail.com

Love your blog, would be great to replace a 23 year old mixer, but I have used it for 23 years and I was raised if it wasn’t broke not to fix it (or in this case, replace it). Everyone in my family already has a kitchen aid mixer and you would think that with me cooking the most I would have one. Anyway! Love your recipes and your blogs and wanted to ask for any quick pick up food for a graduation get together? Darla, North Carolina

Thanks for the recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles. Made them for my sweetie for Valentines and he loves them! So glad I discovered your blog via Pinterest! Would love to have a red kitchen aid mixer – it was one of those things no one purchased from our wedding registry two years ago. All the best to you. amyr913@hotmail.com

Omg! Your blog describes me to a t! I also am a girl, 47yrs young, that loves food and the comfort it brings. My motto, I’ll try it at least once. Love your blog! Thanks for everything! Happy V day and have a Blessed day!

I love reading this blog because the recipes are both beginner friendly and extremely delicious! My favorite thing I’ve tried so far would have to be either the oreo cheesecake brownies or the smores cookies, all my friends love them! It’s hard to find time to cook in college so I really appreciate how most of these recipes are accessible! My email isdarah.3@osu.edu

I like that you love to be in the kitchen, you love your family, you love what it means to raise a family. I bet if we were in line at the grocery store, we would chat..I am glad your blog helps your heart!Food is love!

I found your blog through Pinterest (like a ton of others) and I really enjoy reading what you’re up to! I’ve made the peanut butter oreos and the buffalo chicken Mac & cheese so far but I’ve pinned so many other recipes! Thanks for having so many fun ideas and sharing them with everyone! Oh and if I get chosen, I already have a mixer so I guess I’d take the gift card. Happy Valentine’s Day!

I’ve been following for a while & just love your blog! I think most of us have some of those wonderful memories of being in the kitchen with loved ones, learning to cook at our mother’s or grandmother’s side, enjoying the fruits of our labors. What a wonderful way to remember your sister and times you spent together!

Hey, just wanted to let you know that your blog is my favorite recent find! I have been neglecting many other important things for the past few days as I look through the archives saving just about every other recipe on my list of things I want to try.

Love your website. I would love to win the kitchen aid mixer. Mine is 23 years old and was a wedding gift, but it still runs and I don’t buy anything unless it quits working. I figure I don’t have much of a chance but it would look nice!Anyway I love getting your email updates and trying new recipes. If you have any easy ideas for graduation pick ups let me know.

you touched a nerve for me as my sister is thousands of miles away in England with the rest of my family. I’m challenged when it comes to cooking….but your recipes have given me hope lol !! when I do get to go home, my sister and I are always in her kitchen, glass of wine in one hand and a cooking utensil in the other :))!! We’ve spent many happy times in her kitchen, wish we could have more, but I’m so grateful for the ones we do have once a year. Next visit I’m taking one of your recipes home to cook together…can’t wait !!

I’m a up and coming food blogger who trying to figure out all the ins and outs of blogging. Your story really touch my heart, I’m inspired by bloggers like you and could use any help I can get. Thank you. cindyskitchen@yahoo.com

Thank you for sharing your story. It’s amazing what comfort food and cooking can give us! I love to eat too- which is why I was so taken with your blog- your title totally pulled me in! Enjoy your valentine’s day and thank you for all that you do to share with us each day!

I love your blog! I am trying to get into blogging because I love to share recipes and stories with other people that “get it” I’ve tried several of your recipes since I started following you last month! They were all so delicious!! It’s great to know someone else shares the same kind of food passion that I do!Happy Valentine’s Day!TiffanyTClarici@gmail.com

I love your website! And the food is always so amazing!! You’ve helped me to not be afraid to try new things, and for that I am so grateful! As I’m sure my family is too. Thanks so much for taking the time to post about all these delicious foods! And Happy Valentines Day!!

Well from reading the other comments, i’m glad to know that i’m not the only one who spends a lot of time on Pinterest (which is also where i found you)! Thank you for what you do! annapiendl22@gmail.com

Thank you for doing what you do! I enjoy not only getting great recipe ideas but also reading all the “other” stuff It makes you a ‘real’ person to hear about your family and life! Wish you all the best! gmr1673@yahoo.com

I suppose I can’t enter the giveaway, i write from Europe.But I wanted to tell you that you have given an important step telling us the bebinning of the blog, its sense. It must not be easy to decide to share it.But I understand you totally, and I think all food lovers see in the kitchen, just what you say, a place to escape.

I have loved reading your blog! I am getting married this summer, my fiance is stationed in Afghan and won’t be returning for 140 more days so I have been busy trying to master the art of cooking so I can be sure to make delicious home cooked meals for him when he returns!! Your recipes are always delicious and I easy to follow! Thank you for taking the time to blog!!

I have loved your blog!! Has helped me cope with the separation between the love of my life as he serves our country! Hoping to wow him with some great meals when we are finally back together! s_reinking@yahoo.com (had a previous post but for got my email!

I sure have enjoyed reading your blog since finding it years ago after you guys left our married student ward. Thanks for sharing your talents and heart with the rest of us! sarahegbert at gmail dot com

I love your blog and visit often as well as “liking” your Facebook page but somehow, I missed this wonderful giveaway. Thank you so much for the opportunity! I’ve been wanting a Kitchen Aid Mixer in the worst way.

Your recipes are amazing!!! Every time I make something REALLY good, my husband says “did you get this off that girls website?” I say, ” of coarse:)” Crossing my fingers for that kitchen aid mixer…… senezfamily1018@yahoo.com

There’s nothing that speaks love to me like a Kitchen Aid Mixer. Although having your strawberry stuffed french toast for breakfast this morning may be a top centender from now on. YUM AND YUM! Happy Valentine’s Day!

Just found your blog and love it. Thanks for sharing your recipes…my husband is a football coach and I make treats for his entire team and staff every week….looking forward to trying some of these next football season. joshnamy@hotmail.com

I’ve found many meal inspirations from your website, and I appreciate your dedication! I’m sorry you lost your sister, but I think she would be happy to know that she helped you find your voice and inspiration.

I’m a 21 year old college student with an intense love for food and for cooking, however, I have a small wallet. I love going to your blog to get ideas for meals, desserts, appetizers, etc., because it is all SO delicious, yet so simple and relatively cheap to buy all of the ingredients. Thanks so much for your posts! I may go hungry with out them! :). Happy Valentine’s Day!

I found you on Pinterest and bookmarked your page immediately. I’ve never really been much of a cook but have been trying to change that. I’ve already made a few of your recipes and can’t wait to make even more! Thanks for the inspiration!! ** Caitlin

I just love your blog and all the wonderful recipes you share! Thank you for starting it and turning something sad for you and your family into something wonderful for the world to share! email: geny.cassady@hotmail.com

I like so many others discovered you through the pinterest world! Love, and look forward to your postings arriving in my in box!! Thanks for the the inspiration! Made the heart sugar cookies last night and they were a huge hit!!lisac99@comcast.net

I found your blog when searching around for amazing dessert blogs. I have to say I became an avid follow immediatly! I love reading each and every post (even the non-desserts) and I look forward to trying more of your scruptious recipes when I have my own kitchen and not a college dorm room!

I am a new reader to your blog. One view had me hooked and now you are on my favorite list. Thanks for all your inspiration and creativity. Your sister is so proud of you, I am sure! fieldsofautumn2010@yahoo.com

I seriously enjoy your blog. The recipes are to-die-for! Favorite so far has been the Jalapeno Popper Dip…have made ourselves sick because we can’t stop eating it! Thank you for all you do. Will continue to follow you for a long time

I love to cook an enjoy new but relatively easy recipes. Thanks for that. I could really use a new mixer. Mine was bought about 12 years ago from a yard sale. Put s loudly money into it to fix the speed control but really afraid it’s on it’s last leg. Would live to won a new one. Junej.quarles@comcast.net

Love, Love, LOVE your site! I just moved in with my boyfriend a month ago, and am probably the worst cook ever! But, after checking out your blog, and just GOING FOR IT! I have already made at least 5 recipes from here, and each one has turned out to be a HIT! Most recently, the strawberry stuffed french toast! YUM! Thank you, and keep the recipes coming! Side note: I’m expecting a little baby boy in July and he seems to be VERY picky about what I eat for dinner. So far, the recipes I have gotten from this site, he has liked! YAY!Thanks again,kittee09@yahoo.com

I seriously enjoy your blog. The recipes are to-die-for! Favorite so far has been the Jalapeno Popper Dip…have made ourselves sick because we can’t stop eating it! Thank you for all you do. Will continue to follow you for a long time tara@bofusinc.com

LOVE, LOVE your blog! I dont have a kitchen aid and have been dreaming of one for months now especially when I pull out my hand mixer. With hubby in school it will probably be awhile unless I can win one. So pick me, pick me! Suzhutch90@gmail.com

Your blog is wonderful! I personally love that your recipes aren’t too “gourmet” and that they’re more family friendly – just what we like! We are also huge Buffalo Chicken fans so I love all of your Buffalo-flavored recipes! sarajo36@hotmail.com

I have wanted one of those for so long but with a teacher and pastor salary it isn’t really possible! I would love to win one! My name is claire Harvey and my email is claireharvey06@yahoo.com. Even if I dont’ win I LOVE your blog!

Love hearing your story, your lucky you have good memories of your sister and you had a good relationship with her, I have 3 sisters and have no relationships with them, we came from a very good family with good values and to think this is what it has come to, I have four grown children and 5 grandkids and I’m Blessed with them, thank you again for sharing, I love your BLOG and I follow you on FB

Found your blog through Pinterest and absolutely love it! My condolences on the loss of your sister. It’s amazing that you discovered something that comforts you, that also enriches so many others. Awesome! Thank you!

I’ve been following your blog for awhile now. I haven’t had a chance to make many of your recipes, but I have a 4 month old and cooking tends to get thrown to the wayside. I defiantly agree about how making old family recipes makes you feel like you’re right there with your family. God bless!

I’ve been reading (and loving!) your blog for a quite a while now and had no idea that that’s how/why you started it. I’m sure glad you did though! You have the best recipes that a beginner like me loves!

Thank you for sharing that wonderful story! It’s great to hear where things come from! Its your blog, blog about whatever you like! And its a great blog to boot Thank’s so much for your delicious recipies, I know we all ejnoy them a lot!tanyalynnsmyth@gmail.com

I love your site! Its one of my favorite to read and your recipes are all so amazing. Baking is my therapy too. I make the best stuff at 3am when I cant sleep cause I’m so overwhelmed or stressed out. I can totally relate.

Thank you for all of the delicious recipes and sharing a little bit of your life with us. I have been following your blog for quite a while. I am always looking forward to your recipes.Thanks,Daynadayna_hannon1@bellsouth.net